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SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters :Patent N0. 668,522, datedFebruary 19, 1901.

Application filed August 20, 1900. Serial No. 27,459. (No model.)

To all whom t 11i/ty concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM O. JOLLY, residing at Pioneer, in the countyof Eastland and State of Texas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovementsrin Tables, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that type of tables having oneor more rotatable top members; and it seeks to provide a table of thischaracter of a very simple, economical, and durable construction capableof being easily manipulated and adapted to effectively serve for itsintended purposes.

My invention comprehends generally a novel construction of the dividedbase or standard, a bottom or main table support rotatably andvertically adjustable on the divided standard, and one or moresupplemental table-sections rotatably and vertically adj ustable on thebottom table-supporting spindle or leg.

In its complete make-up my invention includes a base or main tableformed of sections adapted to produce an annular body, a separatestandard formed of sections having a hollow shaft or spindle verticallyadjustable therein, a spider-frame held to rotate on the standard andthe hollow shaft or spindle, and a novel arrangement of brace-bars orcleats to which the spider-frames connect and which serves as a simpleand effective means in bracing and joining the several sectionsconstituting the main table.

In its more subordinate features my invention consists in certaindetails of construction and novel combination of parts, all of whichwill hereinafter be fully described, and particularly pointed out in theappended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved table as set up foruse. Fig. 2 is an inverted perspective view of the same. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the several parts constituting the table separated.Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the table, the parts being set up as inFig. 1. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the three-part standard or base. Fig. 7is a similar view of the threepart spider-frame hereinafter described;and Fig. 8 is an inverted plan view of the main table-section, showingthe manner of arranging the fastening-cleats.

In the practical construction my improved table includes a metalstandard made up of three sections of like shape, and each sectionconsists of an upper segmental tubular section 1 and a pendent curvedleg la, and each tubular segment 1 has a pair of laterally-projectingapertured ears 2, the several ears of the three sections being arrangedto register with each other when the several standardsections arejoined, as shown in Fig. 1, to receive the securing and clamp screws andnuts 3, which serve to hold the said three sections together to form astrong and compact supporting-base having a tubular socket to receive aspindle or rod L1, said rod forming a bearing ppon which thespider-frame, presently described, is adapted to rotate. The rod 4 hasits upper end made tubular to receive the end of the spindle forming apart of the second table-section 7.

6 designates the main table portion, which consists of a series ofsegmental sections 6a, the ends of which abut, whereby to form acontinuous annular table service, and to produce a finished edge a stripor band 8 is secured over the outer edges of the sections 6a, as clearlyshown in Fig. 1. The opposing edges of the section 6 may be gluedtogether; but to provide a stable but simple and economical Way forsecuring the several sections, and also for providing a convenient meansof attaching the spider-frame for the main tablesection, I employ asystem of bracing the fastener-cleats, the arrangement of which is bestshown in Figs 2 and 3, by reference to which Y it will be seen that themain table is composed of six like sections, and to each alternatesection is secured by screws or otherwise a cleatbar 9, the ends ofwhich lap over the ends of the adjacent sections, to which the saidprojecting ends are also made fast by the screws 0000. The ends of thebars 9 have mortises 9 to receive the mortised ends of the supplementalcleat-bars 10, which are made fast to the other alternate set oftable-sections, with their ends projecting onto the sections to whichthe central or body part of the cleats is secured.

By securing the table-sections in the manner described and shown astrong, rigid, and

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cheap annular table-body is provided, and, furthermore, such arrangementprovides means for properly and quickly securing each leg to thespider-frame of the table, the said spider-frame being also made inthree sections, each comprising a leg 11, the lower end of whichterminates in the segmental tubular portion 11.

It will be manifest that before assembling the table each leg-section11n can be made fast to the cleat-bar i), and thereby facilitate theassembling of the three spider-fra me members, as each member can beproperly and speedily made fast by securing the cleat-bars 9 to theunderside of the main table-section, and, by reason thereof, bringingthe ends 11a in juxtaposition to form a socket 12, which can be readilyclamped up to suit by means of bolts and nuts 14, that pass through theseveral apertured ears 11b, which are formed on the parts 11, as clearlyshown in the drawings.

The spider-frame that supports the main table-section 6 is held to turnon the upper end of the spindle 4, and the socket portion of said framebeing adapted to rest on the annular seat 4 of the spindle, as clearlyshown in Fig. 4.

The table-section 7 has a pendent spiderframe which includes a centralpendent socket 7 for receiving the upper end ol the spindle 7b, which isheld clamped in the rod 4, and the socket 7a has a clamp-screw 7,whereby the table-section can be held locked from rotation on thespindle 7l when desired. The table-section 7 is also centrally apertured, as at 13, and the said aperture registers with the socket 7,whereby to provide a socket to receive the lower end of a short spindle15 of a third table-section 1G, which is held clamped in the spindle l5by the socket 1oa and screw 16h. (See Fig. 4.)

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, it is thought the advantages of my table willreadily appear. The several parts areof such construction that they canhe quickly assembled or taken apart, and when set up the same provides astable and neat table, in which the several sections can be heldstationary or rotated, as desired. The rod 4 also has an annular seat 4to engage the upper end of the tubular portion of the leg spidermembers, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. In a table of the character described, an annular table member formedof sections of like shape arranged end to end, a cleat 9, secured to theunder side of each alternate section, and having its extremitiesextending over the ends of the adjacent alternate tablesection, thecross-cleats 10, secured to the cleats H, and to the table-section, anda spider supporting-frame for the table-section, consisting of threelegs 11, the upper ends of which are secured to the cross-cleats 10, oneto each cleat, the lower ends of said table-section terminatinginsocket-like portions, means for clamping the said socket-like portionsto form a socket 12, in combination With asupportingbase consisting ofleg members, and an upwardly-extending spindle adapted to fit the socket1:2, to the aforesaid spider-frame, all being arranged substantially asshown and for the purposes described.

2. The herein-described improved table, consisting of a third baseformed ol three separate leg members, the upper ends of which terminatein socket-sections, said sections having means for joining them to forma single socket, the spindle vertically adjustable within the saidsocket, the upper end of which is made tubular, a spider-frame,consistingr of three separate legs 11, the lower ends of which terminatein socket-like portions, said ends having means for joining, whereby toproduce a single socket 12, adapted to fit over the spindle 4, the upperends of thev said legs 11 carrying transversely-disposed cleats 10, anannular table-section t', formed of a series of like sections 6, theends of which abut, cleats f) fastened upon the under side of the saidsections, and adapted to interlock with the supporting-cleats 10, asecond table-section 7, having a central aperture, and a central socketregistering therewith, a Spindle adapted to be secured within the saidsocket, and held to turn in the tubular end of the main spindle 4, and athird table-section having a pendent spindle adapted to extend through acentral opening, and the second table-section and to enter its socket,all beingarranged substantially as shown and described.

W. C. JOLLY.

\Vitnesses:

T. B. RoBERDs, L. O. Glass.V

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